Drug use and HIV in West Africa: A neglected epidemic

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1131-1133

  Raguin, Gilles ^a,b   Lepretre, Annie ^c   Ba, Idrissa ^d   Ndoye, Ibrahim ^e   Toufik, Abdalla ^f   Brucker, Gilles ^a   Girard, Pierre Marie ^b,c,g  

^a Ensemble Pour Une Solidarité Thérapeutique en Réseau GIP ESTHER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c Institut de Médecine et d Epidémiologie Appliquée IMEA   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^e Centre National de Lutte contre le Sida   (Senegal)

^f Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

HIV; Intravenous drug users; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG TRAFFIC; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRISON;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79961173395     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02806.x     Document Type: Article

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